This coincidence I would chalk up to the general K-drama glut of noona-dongsaeng pairings, but the upcoming tvN rom-com Witch’s Romance stars Uhm Jung Hwa and Park Seo Joon with the two leads having the exact same 19 year age gap as Kim Hee Ae and Yoo Ah In smoldering it up in the other cable drama Secret Love Affair. At the press conference for Witch’s Romance, Uhm Jung Hwa acknowledged the great reception for SLA and distinguished that her drama shows a couple with the same large age gap but in a humorous and lighthearted romance. I’m actually chortling with laughter more thinking about the crazy genre differences from the PD directing Witch’s Romance since his last drama was Cruel City (Heartless City), though prior to CC he did I Need Romance 2 so I guess rom-coms aren’t new to him. WR is adapted from the hit TW-drama My Queen starring Ethan Ruan and Cheryl Yang and from the just released 6-minute long preview it looks like a straight up remake with very little tweaks to narrative or character set-ups. I’m keeping an open mind about this drama but worry that my love for the original will actually make me lose interest since a lot of the surprise factor will be gone. I already know why the leading lady is so “witchy” and closed to love, why the leading man is doing odd-end errands as a career choice, and why the second male lead doesn’t show up until a quarter way into the drama plus what his big misunderstanding with the female lead is. WR premieres next Monday so one time will tell whether I’m in the mood for a second helping for My Queen.
Since I last wrote about the drama, hottie Yoon Hyun Min was a last minute addition to this production which isn’t all that surprising since he’s quite talented and this will mark a reunion with his PD from Cruel City. Plus he survived the hot mess that was Age of Feeling so it’s extra sweet to get him back onscreen so soon.
6-minute preview for Witch’s Romance:
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I'm watching for UJH and hoping it doesn't spiral down like the original
Yoon Hyun Min!!!!! Age of feeling was such a trainwreck, I couldn't watch it, even though I love him dearly. His 'Kim Hyun Soo' role was just perfect--what a great actor.
I'm glad to see him entering another role; one that's entirely different from his last two.
I'm watching this for a pure superficial reason: Park Seo Joon
Plus, I'm sorry, but this guy is not hotter than Ethan. Mmmm, Ethan. ^_^
Nobody is hotter than Ethan.
Normally noona romance doesn't bother me. But there are some women who look their age or older and younger. In this case, she looks like an omma next to him.
You can't cast a youthful man who looks younger than his age, then a woman who looks older than her age. Eish.
I don't mind Noona romance too much but this doesn't work cause he doesn't look like a bro to her but her son.
I loved "My Queen" and I thought those leads had great chemistry--I thought their differences made good sparks. But I'm not sure about the couple in this korean remake. I'll reserve judgement but I'm not that excited.
I could hardly recognise the lead actress, its her voice that I recognised which made me realise that she was in SEDUCING MR. PERFECT.
Koala -
If they can capture half of the sweet from the original, that would be fun. Adding Jinjung Soo as a jerky guy? Wow.
Ethan, if I recall, was a lot manlier in his leather and his Santa costume, too.
That's way too big of an age gap for my taste, they looked more like mother and son. So no to this, besides I loved My Queen, watched it twice and now that I watched this trailer I think I'm just going to watch some entertaining scenes of it now :)